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Press coverage for Anna’s Hummingbird work

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Published: June 07, 2025

We’re pleasantly surprised that our Anna’s Hummingbird work has been receiving a lot of press and popular science attention. We’re so grateful for the opportunity to share this cool story with the world: (read more)

New publication: Anna’s hummingbirds’ range and bill morphology have changed in association with feeder availability

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Published: May 21, 2025

I’m thrilled to share that Alexandre, Romero, & English et al., “Supplemental Feeding as a Driver of Population Expansion and Morphological Change in Anna’s Hummingbirds” was published in Global Change Biology today! (read more)

2025 awards roundup

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Published: April 01, 2025

I’m very grateful to have received a handful of awards in the first few months of 2025:

• Robert K. Wayne Award in Evolutionary, Ecological, or Conservation Genomics, American Genetics Association
• Open Scholarship Award, University of Rochester
• Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund, American Museum of Natural History

New podcast episode: heterosis in strawberries

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Published: January 23, 2025

Is there such a thing as “good” inbreeding? Find out by listening to the newest episode of the GSA’s podcast “Genetics in Your World”: Breeding Better Berries: Inbreeding and Hybrid Vigor in Strawberries – A Conversation with Dr. Steven J. Knapp! In this episode, I interview Dr. Steven Knapp (UC Davis) about the fascinating genetics underlying hybrid vigor in strawberry cultivars and the genomic challenges facing plant breeders of the future.

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